2 Kings 22:20:162 Kgs.22.20.W16TAB
וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ
vayashivu
“and they returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHI-vu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHEE-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʃiːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they returned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHI-vu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
Exegesis
The narrative closes with the vav-consecutive Hiphil imperfect wayyāšîbū {וַיָּשִׁיבוּ | wayyāšîbū} “and they returned” and the object clause ʾeth-hamméleḵ dāḇār {אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּבָר | ʾeth-hamméleḵ dāḇār}, indicating the report’s delivery to the king.
In context — 2 Kings 22:20
Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace . Your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. And they conveyed the report to the king.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 22:20, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ (vayashivu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.22.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.20.W16.S1) and character.